Re: Sims 3 launcher leads back to EA Play
@schlehofer928 Did Sims 3 ever work on this computer though? I ask because you have a 12th-gen Intel processor, and the game doesn't start correctly on those CPUs. The workaround is to limit the game to one core while it's loading. You can accomplish this with a patch Lazy Duchess made:
or with one of the other suggestions in that thread; start reading on page five if you're interested.
If you've already applied one of these workarounds and it hasn't helped, try setting Sims 3's affinity in the Task Manager to one CPU core. This is the most direct way to address the issue, but it needs to be done and reversed each play session.